Faculty
Dr. Harsh Mahajan
Dr. J.K. Nath
Dr. Ishita Barat Sen
Dr. Promila Pankaj
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What is Nuclear Medicine?
Tests we offer
Publications
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Welcome to the
Department of Nuclear Medicine and Bone Mineral Densitometry at Sir Ganga Ram
Hospital. We are situated very close to the entry gate of the Hospital on the
ground floor. In fact, you can see us almost as soon as you enter the
hospital. We have included some general background on Nuclear Medicine and
Bone Mineral Densitometry, as well as providing useful information regarding
the investigations we perform, the preparation for these tests and how to get
in touch with us for enquiries and bookings.
If you have any question please contact us on
Phone / Telefax (+91-11)
-25861696, 25861671
We are open between 8:30 am and 6:30
pm on all working days except Sundays, National Holidays and Major Public
Holidays
What is Nuclear
Medicine?
Nuclear medicine is
a medical specialty that uses small amounts of radioactive materials, known as
radiopharmaceuticals, for diagnostic, therapeutic, and research purposes.
These radiopharmaceuticals are specific for the organ, tumour or tissue
desired to be studied. Once injected into a patient these radiopharmaceuticals
localise in the area of interest, which is then imaged using a special camera.
Highly simplified, it is something like taking an X-ray from the inside-out.
Nuclear medicine
provides unique information about both structure and function of nearly every
human organ. It is the ability to characterise and quantify physiologic
function that makes nuclear medicine different from an X-ray / CT or MRI. As
radiopharmaceuticals become more sophisticated, it is becoming possible to see
inside of human beings at the molecular level.
Nuclear medical
procedures are safe, both for the patient and the physicians and technologist
performing the tests. Patients experience little or no discomfort and do not
require anaesthesia. Exposure to radioactivity is monitored closely, and kept
well below safety limits. The radiation exposure is usually as much and often
lower than the exposure produced by a similar radiological study such as CT.
Nuclear medicine
technology is a highly patient-oriented field. It is a vigorous, dynamic field
that has seen dramatic growth over the past two decades and is expected to
grow even more in the future. New radiopharmaceuticals and imagining
technologies are continually being developed.
Publications
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Promila Pankaj,
Vivek Pathak, Ishita B. Sen, Ritu Verma A. K. Bhalla A. Marwaha. S. Pandey:
Use of Radio nuclide Peritoneography in the diagnosis of Pleuroperitoneal
Communication as a Complication of Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis. Indian
journal of Nuclear Medicine 20(1): 4-8,2005
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Rajiv Parakh,
Sumit R. Kapadia, Ishita Sen, Sandeep Agarwal, Tarun Grover and Ajay Yadav:
Pulmonary Embolism : A Frequent Occurrence in Indian Patients with
Symptomatic Lower Limb Venous Thrombosis. Asian Journal of Surgery Vol 29
No.2 April 2006
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R. Parakh, MS,
FRCS, S. Kapadia, MS,DNB,FNB, Fellow, S,. Agarwal, MS T. Grover, DNB, FNB
S. Bukhari, DNB, A. Yadav, MS, I. Sen, MD, and P. Pankaj MD Clin Appl
Thrombosis/Hemostasis 12 (1)T1-T1,2006 @2006 Westminster Publication.
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Pathak V, Ishita
B. Sen, Promila Pankaj, Ritu Verma, A. K. Bhalla, Ashwani Gupta, S. Pandey
: Role of Tc-99m HMPAO Labelled Leucocyte scan in the Localiztion of
infected renal cysts in Adult Polycystic Kidney :HNM,20(2): 41-44,2005
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Ishita Sen,
Promila Pankaj: Role of nuclear medicine in pediatrics practice; Indian
Journal of Pediatrics December 2000
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